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African American sailors.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ellie Lee Weems photograph and photographic negatives collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl89-014
Overview The photographs series contains photographs taken in Jacksonville, Fla. by Ellie Lee Weems, an African American photographer, from the years 1928 through 1975 with subjects including awards and honors; business and commercial personalities and establishments; church and civic groups; entertainers and celebrities; families; funerals; graduation exercises and cap and gown cameos; landscapes; Masonic orders and related auxiliaries; performing arts; portraits of children, women, and men;...
Dates: 1925-1979

Francis J. Menso collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl97-004
Overview

The collection contains four letters written in May and June of 1945 from "Frankie" Francis Menso stationed in Miami, Florida, to his girlfriend Selma M. Pooch of Jacksonville, Florida as well as 35 black and white photographs of pin-ups.

Dates: 1940-1945